The Sun. — London, England, 1826-10-10 00:00:00

SPIRIT Or 1 1 1-fir,,PUBLIC .IMTRNAtt. ]lave just read a touching petition to His Majesty from the distressed inhabitants of Frome, in the. West of England, who pray on behalf of more than 60,000 of their unemployed brethren, the joi.tr- neymen of the woollen manufacture, fbr some small glimmering of royal beneficence and protection. When 1 these poor men beseech their Sovereign " to impose " restraints' on all recent and injurious inventions, ' a means of superseding machinery by manual toil, it is needless to say how widely they mistake the nature and capes of the visitation under which they suffer. Whatever tends to lower the cost of production in any country, whether with respect to the necessaries of life or its indulgencies, constitutes a direct encou ragement to trade, and an eventual extension 4f the market for skill and industry. The cure, therefore, which the journeymen of From and its vicinity so licit at the hands of their most gracious Sovoteig,n, is a nostrum which would fail of its effect. But what is that to the purpose ? the patient's malady less real, because the proper treatment of: it lies beyond his reach Is a man less likely to expire of hunger, because be unconsciously importunes his friend for. poison instead of wholesome aliment ? Let the men at Somerset implore His Majesty to take measures for lowering the price of bread and meat, by a pre , stiotts reduction of those dreadful imposts which form the true and paramonnt. obstacles to a restoration of 'nut national prosperity ;' and they will speak a lan guage which must find an immediate echo in the enlightened judgment, and humane disposition of the King. But our poor countrymen, who are shrewd and intelligent in the use of their natural reason, may answer, with much appearance of justice,'. that the, taxes which press upon them cannot be reduced, so long as the Parliament stands pledged to maintain a voluminous list of military and civil establishments, and to execute ii variety of " indispensable" under takings, sufficient, in fact, to require the whole sum; and more than all, that can be reckoned upon as the result of our system of taxation, however prolific its amount. The sufferers ought to frame their petitions, theretine, with a view to engage the Royal attention in an inquiry into the nature and necessity of those multifarious objects, for and through which they have no doubt a general idea that the money raised in taxes ice consumed. We can ourselves, supply them oc casionally with materials for such a prayer to the So vereign. here are, we grieve to say, plans for em ploying the revenue extracted, from the poor, of Eng land in manifo)d but circuitous imposts upon every ar tide of human Convenience and enjoyment, to which the people themselves arc blind, from the ignorance appertaining to their humble condition, and from the indifference groWing out of hard and desperate want. Pf many of these, schemes of expenec, it is easy to imagine that our gracious Monarch is also retained in a state of ignorance, equal to that of the most op, pressed and broken-hearted (Aids subjects, by the dex terous artifices of men in power, who well understand what would 'be their own fate, if even by accident a remote suspicion should cross the mind of a Prince, so generous,' that there are hourly wasted in wreckless prodigality, mime more than sufhcierlt, if well employed, to save whole thousands and ten thousands of brave but prostrate Englishmen, with Limit. wives and infants, in whom the .!t.)ll3iliol.ll4letifi of life. ituelf is prematurely quickened by the agonies of lion . ger. The I(ing can know 'nothing of these abominations. It is therefore to gain for our petitioning fellow-subjects an alliance so powerful, and a sympathy so dOlightfili, as that of their common friend and filthier, that we present them with a copy of a document, believed to be an ,official, .but seemly credible document, professing to be an estimate of sums .expended and to be expended, on the building, repairing, and adorning Of a number of Royal Palaces. The malice ofthose with whom spelt, projects have originated, will be seen at once to ..derive immeasurable aggravation froM the ex pedient 'of connecting the name of our excellent Sove reign With the ruin of his people, at a time so Awful that svhich imw threatens to overwhelm both him. and the community: We repeat that it is quite dread fill to reflect on the stratagem of devising jobs for mi nisterial'creatures, and palming them upon the nation at' so' many Methodic of diverting, the Royal cares, or of animating the ennui of an existence which, on this side the ~rave, can have no new ocenpation, but that of preparing for another. How must it rouse the virtuous indignation of his IVlajeety to learn that in his , Stains, behind. his back, in defiance of his inevitable displeasure, and contempt for his tender affection towards a broken-down people, there, are persons who place to the account of lus' Royal pleasure an outlay of 'snore thin' half a million sterling, for throwing down, bedding up, carving, gilding, decorating pa laces, excavating hills, elevating valleys, making earth and water change places, with a hundred other extra , ordinary tnetnrncirphusa if these were days . for lavish protuaioa-...-as if this day, on which live hundred thousand people are starving, was a fit one for the utter demolition of five hundred thousand pounds.--- Ninety thousand pounds have been_ expended on Buckingham Palace ! and there is called for, in addi tion, the sum of one hundred and. sixty-two thou sand pounds I There is, besides all this, another palace, and near the same spot. A grand house, appears, was projected. by one, whose name we bold sacred, as a residence for the Duke of Yank. 'flu. illuitrions Duke borrowed -money frrsin a friend.; to enable him to commence this palate.' the loan was absorbed in little snore than the foinidations of die edifice ' and where was another loan to be obtained.? Al as h nowhere. The illus. .triona Ilersonagt, Lifter a long course of anxiety and of bodily suffering, increased, we have no doubt, by sharp neenthaes of mind, w recourse at :length to that expedient which seldom fails where Royal dim tresses are to be mitigated. The Cabinet was appealed to: ti,e " dead weight wee take n ow the shoulders of the Heir d it W that the labour Prestimptive, an AS agreed which he. could not execute should he a ccomp li s h e d for hint, This vast Corinthian building was b oug ht f rom hi s R o y a l Highness, that it might be given to him. It was anerely taken off Ins hands, lint as the was , grat cleared. off,. and the mortgage history goes) tiovernment, for the the. house Nits to be finished by purpose of being forthwith restored t o the Heir p re , ‘ u _ e rown, , aumptive-:' theii, as the account g oes, the interest of his Royal Hi g hness in the lease front the hOught from hiin, that 'Aliniatera tniOt ba y° aNJ" .n -t 4) grant 1 44 1 ) leave to live in the habitation, from the ei harrass m— and thus Ins uient, of which they relieved hi Royal Highness is on his legs again. Other debts are said to have heiqi discharged with money glees out of the public treasury,. for these overanortgaged pre idises. And what addition has been made there by t o the half million voted f o r the; palaces, properly spea k- ing, royal, we shall doubtless hear, before many weeks have elapsed. We repeat, however, our firm convic tion, that when these proceedings ere fairly submitted to his Majesty, and placedlin proper .juxta-position, with tite complaints and Temonstrancei his much- I sliffering people, such a perversion of the means of ' procuring bread will be at once rebuked and counter- Manded, and the frightful consequence averted of so daring and unseasonable a public wrong.-- Times. There is nothing which brings more disgrace upon the cause of public justice, than the facility with which persons are, throughout the kingdom, appointed to Magistracy. agistracy. Of one Commission, which we need not name, .it has been said (how truly or not we can not ansiver), that " it is principally composed of stockbrokers, surveyors, tinkers, tailors, shoemakers, saviours, and the whole race'of jobbers in every pos sible department." If' this be true, all that we can Say of such a heterogeneous medley is, that we should suppose, that when such persons find themselves on the seat Of justice, the first question they must natu rally ask themselves, if they have a grain of common sense, how the d— they came there ?" But though the Commission in question, which ought to be best, may be the worst in the kingdom, it is far from being the only one in which the most impro per persons are continually armed with power, which they appear to possess only to abuse. It is quite no torious to persons living in the country, that . the needy hangers-on of particular people are continually put into the Commission of the Peace, for no other apparent object but to do the jobs, however rotten and disgraceful, of their wealthier neighbours and de pendents. Of course we cannot particularise ; but any one who has the opportunity of consulting the game commitments, the notices for turning roads, and the various odic) , ways in which these persons pander to the hands which feed them, will readily see and feel the truth of these remarks. We know of no other remedy for this (and we are aware that it is far from being, generally speaking, a satisfactory one), but that the qualification should be raised, so as to shut ont.the sort of persons we allude to from bringing disgrace upon what ought to be respectable; and from converting that into a source of patronaT,e and oppression, which ought to be one of honour to the holder, and of protec tion to those over whom his power extends. We aresorry to be obliged to say it, and should be glad if the fact were not SO ; but we believe we are but too well warranted in asserting, that no men bring more disgrace upo themselves and upon the Magistracy than the race of Clerical Justices. By education and right feeling, one would suppose that they were well fitted for the office ; but experience, which is the best and indeed only ar biter in such matters, shows that they are, for the most part, diametrically the reverse. It is amusing enough, as our readers have lately seen has been the case, to hear a Reverend Divine preaching before the corporation of a rotten borough in favour of Clerical Mayors, Aldermen, Justices, and Returning Officers, and deriving their propriety, forsooth, froni Melelii. sidec himself. In what part of the New, or even of the Old Testament, any real authority can be found for such 'ail evident perversicm of the Christian Priest. hood, we are totally .at a loss to imagine. But one fact is worth a hunched arguments; and •if there arc, throughout the kingdom, ten instances of Clerical Jus tices being good Clergymen, we would almost over look the other ninety um the kindred who are the re verse of all that we could wish to see in a Christian Divine. The truth is, a Clergyman hem, on doing good, and Of being of all the secular use in his power to hirtneighbours and parishioners, may, as the Roc tor, Vicar, 'or Curate of his parish, do quite as much good as if armed with all the sanction a dedimus could give him, without the power of doing mischief, and of bringing odium and disgrace upon himself and his calling It is an egregious mistake to suppose that the Christian Minister can be of no use unless he has the power to fill the county gaol with vagrints and with poachers, .unless he is the, ready tool. of the land lord and the fanner, and the automaton brought into action by the low, avaricious attorney, who moves the wires which set the Bench in motion. 'No, the Chris tian Minister who knowS what - bite duty is, and what his character ought to be, knows,that •he possesses an office much • higher than this ; that in accepting it he descends to an occupation far beneath his own ; and oiie which none but comparatively worthless and in triguing members of his profession ever deign to ac cept.---Morning Herald. It is high 'time that the Legislature interfered tore. gulate the trade of common carriers. The case before the Lord Mayor, recorded in yesterday's paper, rela tive to the loss of a parcel containing' WO sovereigns, brings the matter home to every one ; indeed, there is hardly a person 'one ,meets with who has not been more ,or less a sufferer by the wretched state of the law on this subject, unless it be, indeed, the lawyers themselves, who, every term, and on every circuit, get tolerable pickings out of the ~ c ' glorious uncertainty" in which the law upon every ease is involved. The great difficulty arises from the coach and waggon pro prietors insisting upon knowing the value of parcels, and receiving the insurance upon them, when above a certain value, This, we apprehend, is what time Le gislature should put an end. to. -It seems to us that a carrier is bound to take equal care of every thing of, which he takes the charge ; and that he has no more right to inquire the value of a parcel than he has to know 'how much money A•passenger may have in his pocket. Were the law to make the liability strict and alike in sail cubes, coachmusters would soon accommo date themselves, their vehicles, and servants, to the new law. In the coaches a better arrangeinent and securer locks and •guards would be placed.; and from the latter, in all probability* adequate security would be taken. The Lord Mayor's plan of having the parcels looked over whenever a guard or coachman is changed, would' be found impracticable, and would 'Occasion a delay and inconvenience. to passengers not ,o be borne. Only let the coachmasters -be told that hey are liable alike in all cases, and they will soon ii.t upon a method of protecting both themselves and ;he public ;from the 'coniequences.—Thid. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. iloW-s'rktF.ET.--Helen Fotry, aliasoßoneiles! and Ott each Pfygy Walsh, was charged with three felnirx, charge she wall fully committed for trial. It appear e d th a t t h e pr i soner , who is rather it , %veil -looking Irish woman, bas been carrying on a system of robbery ( r ev ;swindling to a eciasideroble amount, considering the eircumstan of those whom she has.defrautled, as well at her own situation i life. I n t h e month of August. last, the went to lo d ge i n the 11 ") , 4 , Of a countryman of her own, residing near Pimlico, Wh° l 7 viplfe, learning thus. th e wits a s t ranger , j us t come front Ira" , treiitiel h e r with the greatest hospitality and kindness, nithoug" both h erse lf and her husband were aware that she p b tl e gme d no relay yis i n if eu r 4 et t u , r n ti rohl i bile 1 hl.o uncle, Dr. r returning m g b o n i zv of er, x i o n:m 4 n , ii " .mlitt,toi cliesie,r-uplare, to who she. Bahl she,liatne over nu a visit, reigni from i'aris- }laving thus 'coniplet44y lulled the "usP e " - e t n i i ato rin7 B i i i i !e a d o l l isint• bethird work of depredation , of t il he tea llmi lintse tfi v h e le ra gm l residenCe the houN, her „ 00 confiding aunynun , with hie strong box, containing eot,,ettleteigns anti i x half, the trnightghe eloped savings of severa l y e ars , and having previniwy . p omesso d ,f itt ,r s Oar a pretty vonsiderable ImotY, coUststiog of wearing apparel „ i d other d i vo „ a bi c property, she hunt e d ioely t tirtieeedertto Cork, her ti native city. Information of her rniiideedh,h i m over , having reached that plate through the mellow of this office, ibe was talon into custody about a fortnight ago, and transmitted forthwith, in charge of a constable, to the scene of her plunder. She was brought up last week, and underwent an examination on the Antos" of steal ing the sovereigns, and yesterday she was fully committed, there, being two additional cases of felony against her. MARLBOROUGALSTREET.---Yesterday, Mr. South, a livery-stable-keeper in Bond-street, and in King-street; St. James's, aid at present serving the office of constable in his own right for the last named parish, appeared upon a summons before Sir G. FARRAH? and Mr. CoNave, the Magistrates, to 60* cantle why he had neglected a certain part of his duty as night ionstable. When the defendant entered the office, Mr. Rox, the Magis trate, (who, in tot, was the complainant in the case, and the means of having Mr. South summoned,) told him, that as he un derstood he had only been a few days lit the office of constable, he did not wish to press the charge against him, but would merely advise him to be more cautious in future, and ordered him to pay the cost of the summons, 2e. " No, indeed," said Mr. South, ." I will pay no such thing as 28. I think it is quite enough fur me to he brought here away from my business, and not to he made to pay for coming here."— So clapping his hat very respectfully on his head, he was about tai walk away, when he was stopped short by Mr. nor telling bins, " that if he werb unwilling to have his duty taught him by the lenient mode of civil advice, he must have it taught him by the more stern process of the law." The complaint was then gone into, by which it appeared that the defendant had acted as night constable on Wednesday night last, but had altogether neglected that part of his duty which directs him to bring up the watch hook the next morning to the office, and attend with his prisoners, until they shall he disposed of by the Magistrate according to the doe course of law, but had left that part of his official business to he managed bra watchman. Mr. ROE, the Magistrate, being sworn as a witness, stated, that the defendant did not appear at the office with the watch hook, or to attend to his dUties at all before him, Mr. Roe, the sitting Magistrate, on Thursday last. The defendant being called upon for his defence, said, that he had been only sworn is as a constable, for the first time, on Tues day last, and it could not be expected of him to become acquainted with all its various duties in two days; but with respect to the present charge against him, of nut coining up with the watch book, he wan by no means in fault in it, for. one of the beadles of the parish and other official characters at the watch-house, had told him that he had no occasion, to attend, and he supposed that they had known the business of a night constable better than he could in so short a time. The Magistrate said that every man who took upon himself any official situation, constable, or other, was bound to make himself acquainted with the duties of his office, and it was no excuse for him that he bad been misled by others. A Magistrate was bound to know the duties of his office, and was responsible for his acts, and so was a constable : however, if Mr. South was sensible that he had acted wrong, the Magistrates had no disposition to press severely on him, as he had only just come into office, he was liable to a fine of 405., but they would nut go to that extent. Mr. South said, that he could not by any means admit that he had acted in the least degree wrong ; be admitted that, as the filit, gistrates now told him so, it was his duty to bring up the watch book, and attend at the office, but then he had ken wrongly in formed by the beadle, &e. at the watch-house. " Then, surely," said the Magistrate, "if you acted under wrong advice, you must have acted wrong." "Oh, yes," said Mr. South, " I admit that they advised me wrong, hut I cannot admit that I acted in any way wrong myself. The Magistrate then told him, that if he was so very positive as to. the propriety of his conduct • in the. business, he must: be taught by a fine that he was mistaken; but surely nothing could be more clear than that if he:acted under wrong advice or direc tion from others, •he • must have 'done wrong in following that Mr. South said he was willing to admit that he ought to bate come - ill, with the book, and that the advice given to pim win quite wrong; but no. power wreath could make him think that he bad acted wrong in not coining up with the book, or in adOpt int. the - advice given to - hits, - • The Magistrates agitinand again, evidently reluctant to tine him at all, if he would qnly .give them the smallest hole to creep through, used vast dad of pains and patience to convince Mr. Smith of his error, as well es his extreme folly and inconsistency ; but all to no purpose, for wrong he Would not he, anti tight he could not be; thy thing was put to him in every from, shape, bold colour that could lead to 'conviction, but all in vain. - Mr. &nab, the most impractiaelikt luau that ever trussed Mar Alttli , vernainod . alone in bis glory" and •.vrongi for never bad be. in his own stables it more restive or umnanagesble animal. After hammering at the inside of his head, if it had any inside, for near an hour, the magis trates gave tp the idea of convincing Mr. South us a forlorn hope, and told him that although he could not be convinced even against hie will, they were not &imbed to fine him severely, and woufd therefore only inflict a penalty of 10s. 4., Me pay 104. !" said Mr. Sonth; "Not I indeed; I think it is enough for me to be losing My' time here ; and as for the office of - night-constablei 1 won't'be fiothered with it any more ; all that is wanting is to take 'the charges at the Wateli-house,' and 1 have a helper in my 'stable who writee - a better hand than I do, stn I'll send him fo sit for me in future, and write down ill the •charges in the book ; but 'as fOr paying a fine, 1 'Will do no such thing." So clapping his hat once snore Upon whit ought to he his head, he was marching - mad the' office, whin he was Again stopped short, and told that be moot, before quitting the office, 'either appeal against the Conviction, - which he had the power of doing, and enter into proper sureties to try that appeal, or else he must remain in custody Mail a distress-warant'shonld be executed upon some part of his property for the a mo un t o f t h e sum . Mr. South'said, that they might please themselves as to theii mode of proceeding; but as for him, III; would, neither pay the fine' nor appeal against it. Mr. South was then locked up in a pleaaant, cool, under ground, dark tell, where he tad no one to - dispute a point With him ; and, no doubt, had the whole argument in his own favour, while the distress warrant was being made out. Thin instrument completed, Mr. South was once more asked through the keyhole of his cell if be would pay the &Re to pre- , vent the expellee and inconvenience to him of a distress warrant being executed at his stables, and perhaps a first-rate bunter knocked down at auction for We. ; hut no, Mr. South elegantly replied, " Distress warrants he ; distress away; 'Flirty uo 10s., that's flat." The warrant was then put into the hands of Clements, the officer, with orders to execute it forthwith; and up to the closing of the office, Mr. South hail not come to his proper senses on the subject. 11A1"f (.1 AII DEN.--Ann Manna, a respectable' woman, Ann tv do m na P id i , se a ed we a l t l-d th re . su ba d r' fin e n h a a le igeh r o d f twop et) ou b t h itl in n g o M tes a . l —: T aMmalede for a week. MARYLEBONE...— William Smith and , James Day were broUght up on a charge of houtebreaking and theft. Bell, innkeeper in Wells-Ntreet, stated, that about half put Nix o'clock yesterday morning he SAW . the ,prisoners going into a yard in, Wells-greet, and in a few minutes afterwards they returned, the Prisoner Day haviu 4 hag. They then went away, but witness suspeeting all was not right, followed, and they then separated, Witnese hallooed " Saup thief," followed Day, and desired anOtliir person to follow Smith. ,He had not followed Day long when he threw away the bag, and witness then over took him. John Waugh said, that he SAW them going into the yard with out any thing, and when they returned, saw Day with a bag, and Smith with a bridle in 'his bosom. John Millar, watchman, stated, that as he was going at the time mentioned, . along Wells -street, he heard it cry of atop thief. Stu" was then ru n ni ng. He followed and apprehended him. Richard Flyth, carman, 52, Wells-street, stated, that he and Mr. Wrnutu ' l inenTOraner, 85, Great Titchfield-street, keep a stable between them in Wells -street, of which Witness is manager. lie " there on 4 t""laY , night, saw all the harness safe end locked the door. On Sunday morning a person came to his bed, and mid him his stable was, h e a t o pen. He immediately went and found the door wide open . , the padlock having been forced, and missed Mr, Wroots' ' , Joliet harness, saddle, and bridle. • The harness sten, on the pris one rs was ;hen produced, and iden tifted by Mr. Wroott. Ti m v r i amire ,were committed. QUBEN-SOIYAllit. —.:Yesterdayen illveetigation of 'some in terest to innkeepers and lieensed victinillers in general, tame be fore Mr. GRldoltlx, the sitting Magistrate at' thin office_. 'Mr. Thomas It - night, landk il l•• of the Swan, at Knights bridge, Weis sunittioned try John hroDonald, a privateln the 12th ct iirin in l i ft j a l in i t t n ' t : i t amazed, ii iik tte d at the Swan. On last i t n: w in e n i lei t l ta tlitt o i the defendant had refused to fur was nish the rations of straw news-tar for his horse on the evening of y Th candle to go to' the stable, which L' i r e ah as i:cer r: l ll;d : h gl ; e t : he lndlady, - .vhf was told by her husband not to g i n him one. Complainant then inquired of detindant's 'am whe n titer his father had lefrerders 'for straw for the horses? He re plied, that. he hail perticul ar or d er , from his fath er not t r i give him any: - He himself then' applied to Mr. Knight, and tisk,A if the ease were en; Who answered that it WAS. Complainant then reported the affair to his officer ; the nett day his Officer sent for Mr; Knight,'' - Who then laid'thiellailtie Of 'refitting the candle on his wife. Defendant also told wines, that if he ever caught wit- n e mi cooking io the kitchen, iis would Mek Mm out, and abused him most shamefully. Mr. GREGORIE—Look for the Acta of 8d of George IV. Now, Mr. Knight,. what have you to say to this charge ? Defendant here declared, that he had never denied what was re quired till Thursday night ; and he was certain, that if the com plainant's otVn comrade there present, he would say that he was satisfied with his quarters. Complainant had burnt so many candles, that he was refused at kat ; but still, he (Mr. Knight) was sorry that there was a complaint for not furnishing the straw, Defendant meant, hotvever, to have moved the horses into his own stables, bUThursday, and he understood that complainant's coiiiiitde *mid make the horses' bed do for that night. Mr. Gazaotti,- 2 1'hiS is a very important case. You have certainly done wrong upon tont men showing ; and as I see no reason, at present, to mitigate the penalty, I shall fine you in the sum of 51. and costs. ' Li eu t e nant Dewes, of his Majesty's !loyal -Lancers, who had entered the room during the ease, observed, that as'the barracks would Apt iiy be repaired, it was accessary not to have the men billetted off the. highway, a:from the nature of their duty, they were required to he within call for the fairpose of carrying off de spatches. Why the Colonel of the regiment bad pressed the pre sent case was on account of the abuse the.men had received. Mr. Knight still entreated a mitigation of the penalty, as the present, he said, was his &it offence. After some consultation with Lieutenant Dewes, the defendant was fined in the mitigated stun of Bd. end costs. UNION-HALL.—Mary .Burroughs, who underwent an ex amination at this office a week ago, on a charge of starving her infant, was again brought before the presiding magistrate, J. S. CALDWELL, Esq. The defendant, on the former hearing, as serted that the child in question was not her offspring, suspecting hers to have been changed by the person whom she employed as nurse. The surgeon who attended defendant during her aecouchement stated, that she was delivered of a male child , on the 17 th o f March. On examining the child in question, he had no hesita tion in positively saying that it was hers. Several neighbours, gave it as their firm conviction that the child was the one of which she had been delivered. fdr. CaLnwer.r. observed, that a very sedum imputation had been cut on Mary Linfield, who acted as nurse on the wail" by the mother of the child ; that imputation was now ascertained to have been uttered without the slightest foundation. Thelia-' gistrate, then addressing Mary Burroughs, said, "Now, I sup pose, after what the surgeon says, together with the evidence of your neighbours, that.you have no doubt as ..to its identity." The defendant still appeared doubtful, and remarked, that she should he more satisfied if Mary Linfield made oath that the child in question was the same that she (Mary Burroughs) was delivered of. Mary Linfield said, that she had not the slightest objection to doso. Mary Burroughs—Thee I am perfectly satisfied that it is my child, and shall henceforth pay it that . attention which a child should have from a mother. The Magistrate here expressed a wish to hear the evidence which the defendant had to rebut the charge of ill-treatment to her child. Burroughs then called forward some females,, who stated that they were of opinion that the child's illness did not proceed from negligence on the part of the mother, but arose in consequence of natural delicacy of constitution. The child was then ordered to be delivered up to her, and she left the office in high spirits. • A young man, fashionably dressed, who gave his name Good. acre, was brought up on the following charge : Mary Winfield, a girl of the town, stated, that on Friday night, while in the saloon, the defendant prevailed Mn her to take him how!. Having remained with her during the night, he rose in the morning, thinking she was asleep, and attempted to leave the house without making her any compensation. Shei however, heard him stealing out of the room, and jumped out of bed and locked the door. The defendant immediately sent his foot through the panel of the door, and in her attempt to prevent his going away, he knocked her down and bit her on the arm. A constable, however, was procured, and he was given into custody. The com plainant added, that she should be satisfied now if the defendant paid for breaking the door and made her a small compliment be sides. The Magistrate here asked the girl whether she would he satis fied with a sovereign ? Complainant--:Nes, Sir, although the damage he has committed woold amount to that sum. 111 r. Cm.nwat,t. said that she was entitled certainly to money Irttlependent of the damage. Complainant—The 'sovereign will satisfy me, Sir; The MacasTaam to the defendant—Then I should advise you to compensate the poor girl. Mr. Goodacre—No, Sir, I will not consent to give her more than five shillings. The' Moutarakre--Then I shall hold you to bail. DefendantaNery well, Sir. I should rather lAve the case go before the Sessions. MAGISTRATE-You shall have your wish gratified then. Send for your bail riow Sir, for e if you cannot procure it, you must go to prison. We left the defendant sitting in the,..office on our departure, waiting for his hail. ACCIDENTAL POISONING BY OIL OF VITRIOL. (From the Manchester Gaulle.) Stx-►-In the number of your Paper for September 23d, mention, is made of a. proposal of mine, designed to :pre vent accidental poisoning by oil of vitriol or sulphuric acid. As a few omissions occur in your statement, and as the original account of the proposal given in the Edin burgh 'Medical. and Surgical Journal for July last is rather brief, I beg leave to state more fully my plan and the cir cumstances which suggested it to me. Last year, a servant-girl in the employment of a grocer, ► in a village in the neighbourhood', went lute the shop to clean the brass scales, and for this purpose carried with her a quantity of sulphuric acid in a wine glass. Before she had used any of it, she was suddenly called out of the shop, leaving; the wine glass containing' the acid on the counter. During her absence her mistress's only son, a bay of three 'years of age, entered the shop. Seeing in the wine glass a colourless liquid, which he probably sup posed to be either water or whiskey, he hastily awallowed its contents. This rub act was instantlyisliscovered by the ,screaming of the child. A surgeon, who fortunately happened to be in the immediate neighbourhood when the accident occurred, was speedily in attendance, and immediately administered quantities of chalk and mag nesia, till what the' child vomited ceaseeto be sour.* Notwithstanding this'speedy application of the best reme dies, the acid had previously destroyed the stomach to a fatal extent, and after languishing for nearly a day the child died. This distressing occurrence was rendered more Melancholy by the circumstances of the child's father having died only a few m on th s b e f ore , and of his mother, at the.time the. accident happened, being closely confined ' to her bed by sickness. The fatal termination of this, and of almost every other ease in which sulphuric acid has been swallowed, led the the ac id. Every to`co su n e s k ide a r ec w id h e e r t i l t i s er in th fu er t e ur ra ll a c n o y lot i i i i r i o n l e mbility of prevent ingaccident of this kind, of place from this poisonone reHe if rn the g acid, therefore, which we are accustomed to drink; i id ever drank, no 'Dis hed A colour (Venni from any q colourtius one of this description, w flu h i i d ch I hav b e ii h il ear 4 d o , m h e a i t i a ti tn i take would occur. A blue lui i , v ery minute quantity' of quantity of sulphuric and it fortunately. happens '‘, 4 , iirge indigngivea a-blue tinge to . 1 producing a sufficiently deep acid, one grain of the n c ii i stake in 12lbs. avoirdupoise pmportions are used, .lion i s . e w , o n u o ld fte t ‘ h i r t . he S4,oooth• part,of the whole: such Imt i,f ao tion of reneging, that though he • blue i is weightt proportion colour otfop 0, the, h t! ti, oi s p nt r teitt e i V c i a ri f° t es t : the indigo fa:mon only i n digo cannot affect the properties of acid will hatve.ntous ligenitidusietditObyhisit th e acid for tloro h e e s , I , l a e o n d ti tl se' boyer of the coloured b)r o h b ig a ßbilir y:::: :h e a ta ll il l e ) r e s of sulphuric acid to co/our what is enrnllleild f; domesticr uses, and all purchasers of acids for e d r e e n fo tl re m r a e l - 1 ott to buy none but a coloured acid. time Pu r P °3 and n it ric: commonly known h • the name m u riatic an—acids, .. ) _ u . f spirit of salt and aquafortis; do not require log tato r c allow eolour-of the former, and the fames of ingi so the Y r ,. • • t to prevent both, are summer any person from drinking , them accidentally. . intended am, Sir, your t i t raspeetfully, Paisley, Sept. 8 0 , 1626. WILLIAIII Mairruzsin opehalk ha. tip pr 9ri ty o fA e g i vying rhe corro sive quality of sulphuric or any other acid, by neutralising it. HOP INTELLIGENCE. HosouGH, Oc r. 9.—During the latter part of last week there was, in Consequence of fewer arrivals, a little more life in the trade, at the following currency:—Kent pockets from 70s. to. 100 s. ; ditto bags 60s: to 901. ; Sussex pockets 60s. to 70s.— Duty called 285,000/. , (ANOTHER. ACCOUNT.) OcT. 9.—Our market remains steady, though many planters have locked up their Hops at prices much above the present cur rency,' which is Sussex 6ss. to 753. ; Kent, 70s. to 84s. Aurowllor FAIR, on Friday, was well supplied with Hops of gotifi quality, and the demand for those of 1826, .was brisk, at the following prices :—Fine Farnham Si. fils. to 101. 10s. ; Se conds 61.• to 8/. ; . Fine Country 6/. 65. to 81. Bs. ; Seconds 41. 15s. to '5l. 12s. ; Kent '4/. 4s. to 51. 12s. ; Sussex 4/. to. 5/. ; duty 240,000/. ; no hackers. CORK ELECTION.—COMMUnications from Cork, of excellent authority, afford us the gratifying assur ance that there can be no doubt but that Mr. litifchin son will be returned. The first men in the city and county are canvassing for him. This is just and na tural ; for, as the son of Henry Grattan was returned by the citizens of Dublin, so to be...the son of C. H. Hutchinson, ought; in itself, to be a strong claim upon the citizens of Cork. There is also in the personal character of Mr. Hutchinson himself, a conciliating power which converts political opponents into personal friends. In this he has an advantage over his com petitor. The. Address of this Gentleman is not ap proved of.--Dublin Patriot. LONDON MARKETS. PRICE OF BREAD. The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 91d. for the 41b. Loaf—There are ethers who sell from a halfpenny to two pence halfpenny below that price. - - -_______ _ _ • • • • PRICE OF SEEDS.—Orr. 9. New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.)---- 5'44. 65,1 . fine 71) s• 1 22 i. 36. 495. fi ne 63.. 'itN• Old Ditto Ditto.... It. Me. tine tis*. Ms. N ol e a w rn fr o ei i i i n tt ni a_......... tto—_ ...............„;.....,.....,............,.._ - ••••------ It. 4t: fine 48 04 0 :: New White C10ver—.....'—.............,............ • __--... 30s. 455, tine 4*. bib - 30.5. !". Oki Ditto— Wert Trefoil 256; line. :355. 14g. fine 166. 26g: 32i. fiti —30 s, 31s. als, fine 21is. 295. Sas. tine —6., 15s. 17s. 196. new Nos. 335. --s. 3rs. 456. 4. 265. new 456. 495. l 4& new 406.4 1 5. 316. 395. &ills. 306. 334. fine 354. rine —s. . 13a. He. tine —4. 13s. 15s. tine— , —e. 425. 43g. fie ••••••4 . 48s. s tin n e --, 1.4 line Dd. Old Ditto. Rib Grass English Carrawoy Seed Foreign Ditto Coriander R•e Grails _ _ Pacey Ditto fbr feeding Ditto, for,crushing Canary Seed, New: 71s. tine Sts..—s... O . White Mustard Seed ....ww..--.(per Brown Ditto ' —s Turnip Seeds, Rounds 'Green: and lied Ditto. - - - Taro Od. M. fine 14117151.... —.I.low,.--B_L_ v w . 2I L Ra p e ", English, fi ne ( per Last) 211. to 221. PRICE OF Oat; tinfr o ..0 4 . A c 13 13 Rape Oil, brown *- Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, iier thou Rape Cake, per ton-- 6 10 0,00,1*"•••••,- na. 4 Od• W HITEC H A PEI, 11 90e. O. to 118 s. M. Clo ' ver WM.0.11•.• --- Ese't4 ::-6e T• 9 ' PRICES OF HOPS (per Begs , Pocket::. 41. Os. to 41. 'Bi, Kent,,. 3/. I•2a. 41. 4s. to 51. Os. Kent sk, ... los- -- gto to' . 90. Sussex 3/. Hs. 2/. Wto 4/. Os. Sussex 5/. ..•••• • Is ; to aO. Essex— ; 1 1/. lOi. It. Otc to 11. lis. Essex —. $ L I ° L ' Al gt 126: to il. cm- Farnham, tine (Pockets) it 0.. to Si Os.—Seroo , ' Ai* Old Duty Lsid at .Soool._ : __________ —'---- --- PRICE OF POTATOES. CI; L ) ,,, c Ton. Dxnoples and Shows ....-----.. 3/:. S , a• to 3 '. " - '--- ----".*'. '44 eli• to ti• 11°_±.___—___Milditto. _____ itunpioi n. PRICES or LTilerla d. 6 Per lb. ct. Per Ilx 10 to 14 Mutts !ifl to hells.-- 19 to 21 l Tanned Horse Hide 4-.... to to IS Ditto=6o to tifilb.-..... 21 to 23 I Spanish Ditt0................ Dressing 11idem.......--..... 12i to IN 1 , Per dozen. .„. IA te 2ft Fine Coach Hides- 15 to El i Calf Skins.-- 36 to 40 ,t 29 to 27 Crop Hides, 35 to 401 b- 13 to 15 t• Ditto ....4-.-- , 50 to " 101 .• 21 to Ti Ditto-....--45 to 50111.- 15 to 17 ' Ditto -----. 70 to lb. to to 1 Ditto ..........---..,---. 17 to 19 I t Stnall Seal', GreellisP' --- - ---- --- --- RAW HIDES. A 1d; Per Stone. a. d. s. d. 1 • Per Stone. 1 . "' 9 • 3 Rest Heifers And Steers 210 to 0 Ordinary 2 1 t 6, 1 1, hilddlings _ 2 6 10_2 8 Market Calf .7 lie 6" SHEEP SKINS. Pelle—ls. ed. to 25. 2d. I Lambg...ls.lotl. to Ss. Od PonecLai. 9d• to `•94: Ste Wart's 'Walker small ltt ((;. Cowoto „ 'Walls End rAal.'"' y.; tl Mtn bfatn 7v 6 Fawcett Ma1n.....- Lyou's 363 qi o Nesham W a ils End 'letter, ,3,.; is Walls End -14 0 ° p w. E. listubt 9 " P *" . 36 W. E Stswart's -.. Russell's flettoo36 Walls NORWICH, OCT. 7.-We had a very abort supply of fatca:„. to this da's .markst (the uality not being good), sold se shout we ," per stone y of 14ibe., sinkin q g offal. at The supply of t° re I ' s)11‘ ben exceedingly large ; Scots sold from 4s. to 4 s. S d. p er stone, .r fat; Short Horns from Se. to 4s. Cows and Calveseellingtl:o4: and Homebreds, unless very good one', not sal eable. A v 6) show of H orses , particularly of the cart kind , an d but littlelliesr_ toms done in them. Sheep iutd Lambs a. large supplys fro, lings sold from 245. to 295., fat ones to 40s. ; Din h! ' pigs 12e. 6d. to 18& - each ; Down Stock Ewes 265. to SO. selling a little better, fat ones to 6s. 6d. per stone- Mi and 7d. to 9d. ; Veal 7(1. to 9d. ; Mutton id. to 71( 1 . ; 8d..t0 Bd. per lb. HULL,--The chief part of the Wheat offered onT tay , 6n by farmers, one to another for seed, which broug ht 63.. nt:oel te,.. °. The sales that were effected by millers and dealers follY,T,l;orip prices of that day se'pnight. The market was bare efl.L.,„ keel' tions - of Spring Corn of our own growth. Foreign '''7 n - B o os d r opping in daily with grain ; notwithstanding, and prices* meet free sale from the ships, and fully suppor t 103 °' The demand. for Foreign grinding Barley increas' . w eb in sales have taken place. Wheat, in or out o f bend, ' " request. -./ :100,000 sheep BALLINANLOR, OCT. b.-There are upwa r ds 31e. Dint (being.ls to 20,000 ,morr than last year,) orla rcu . an d at a single purchase was effected until late yeste rn3Y cr u n;yju d g e .the close of the day but 1,0,513 were disposed : You hilt de l . how dull was the demand when you consider gat , . 4 rojug the of the last fair, from 50 to 60,000 *ere sold: , 111° doitig , th e fair iseonunewied, and, although . there is. pio,re 7. l 7. a tened , t h i . gt prices are so miserably low, and. holders art so rnaY P a , many will probably send their flocks home again• genfrA l quoted as followsl,-,2 years old wethers 225. to 3 4 . 4 . ` hero/ 41 currency being 255. ; and ewes 15a. to 24a., sod 2°l ' t very currency ; being from 186. to 20s. 'lower than last yenr' few lots of the primest wethers brought Ws (allorente ACCOUNT.) ask " about . OCTOBER .4:- . --The number. of sheep exhited for r b 100,000, of which 10,513 were sold-prim.s were Ss• fr y no lower than yesterday ! . but there is • a sale at a reduction . fss. to 17e. below the prices obtained last year. have ju't Ocronza 5.-Four o'Cloek --Ahout 85 ,0 00 sheeP 01. passed,the toll-gate. The aver price may be taken at f a it One prime lot sold , this day , hfonght 40*. per had' p r ices holds out rather a gloomy prospect to farmers this yeSr2'. 4o., the may, be quoted atfollows.t-.2. years ukl wethers, 2! • tel t° , general currency being tbs. ; and n ewm, 15s. to 24s`y sau CO AL MARK ET.—Ocr. s. d. 2. d. Adairi. _ .....,. 30 0 Walls End Bell's— 34 3 Eighton ----. 29 6 WalkEndliewieke37 0 Heaton . 35 3 W. F. Brown's— 31 6 Hebburn Main—L-34 3 W. E. Burraton...33 0 Holywell,— 30 0 W. E. Green's— 31 0 Kenton We5t....,. 30 6 W. E. Hotspur 314 Killingworth ... 31 3 W. E. Newmarch 34 0 Llsidell's Main..... 27 0 W. E. Nbrthumb, 31 0 Ord's Redhugh —2l 6 W. E. Peareth-- :tt 6 Pelaw , -, .31 0 W. F. Russell's...3s 0 Peaty Easf--.10 0 W. B. Riddell's —55 0 Pontop Windsor., 27 6 W. K Wa1ker....3 4 . 3 Shlpuote ----..... 29 0 PHs,/ Trader:.. 310 'Canfield M00r....,. 31 0 Tantield Trader.. al 0 Tovnley--...... V 6 Russell's Helton ' Willington----- 34 3 small----.. 17 0 WY l4O O_ 2 0 0 Robert's small... 17 6 anips et Market, 190—ships sold, 90N- of On the Bth inst.. at 11fount.plais, whiteduipe4 the 'ht& James Godie w OK., of a daughter. lerlY b f Dr. Ou the l 7th inet.w at the Hermitage, Brosuptoll - Sutherland ' of a eon. MARRIED. On tha 7th inst. , At -P aneras ,NOV Church, Sidney Sty bar d le of Pawael , Wilts, Es q. , to Susannah Bianca, ildest daug - John Gillman, Esti. ------ DIED. On the 6th inst., at Ftenc.haytpear Pm' tol, Priitaiii. llllluls° 2o „ of second daughter of Joseph . Store Fry, one of the SQ ( ' 1 Friends. to, On the.,7th inst.,' io St. Jolen-stresett• P osionwen.' lifter * ' - 'tgeriog Moans,. in the 7 6 th year of her age, Airs. Jane litter'*'' " list of Mr. Richard Brown, late of the same place. On the 9th inst., at UlaPhato.roati, Stockwell, Thee. 1114*/ iq' I On the 9th inst., in Bbietoshury.pLice, John Whitmore, I'l°P' lead 76. ----er''' Printol 414 Published by /st, vagia, th a , Sol.ol' o u. I it, STAAND.